Neckscarf



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L. ESOHNER.

NEGKSGARP.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo LOUIS ESGHNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

N ECKSCARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,922, dated July 10, 1888.

Application iilcd Mav 2l, 1888. Seria] No. 274,519.

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To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS ESCHNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Neckbands for N eck-Wear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tothe formation of the stiffened end of the neckband of ascarf, tie, or other article of neck-wear, the object of my invention being to effect economy in the use of the silk, satin, or other expensive fabric used as the facing for the scarf or tie and its neckband. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which@- Figure l represents a scarf having a neck band with stiffened end finished in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional view of said stiffened end of the band.

The neck band of a scarf, tie, or other article of neck-wear usually has its free end stiffened by means of apiece of metal, x, introduced between the facing a and backing or lining b of the band. and hitherto it has been usual to ext-end the facing-fabric a to the eXtreme end of the neckband. The carrying of this eX- pensive piece of fabric to the end of the band is not, however, absolutely necessary asa matter of appearance, for the stiffened end of the band and thepartimmediately adjacent thereto are not exposed at the neck, but are tucked into and hidden by the body ofthe scarf. In order, therefore, to save four or five inches of silk or other expensive facing material at the unexposed or stiffened end of the neckband, I bring` the inexpensive backing or lining b of the neckband to the face'at this point, folding it over the stiffening-piece and yseaming the edges together, so that the stiffeningpiece is completely inclosed asin an ordinary band, the expensive facing material a, however, being discontinued at the point where the backing is brought to the face. While the saving thus effected may amount to but a cent or two on each tie, the aggregate saving in an extensive business is a very material item of economy; and this fact has long been recognized by manufacturers, and various substitutes for the stiffened end of the band have been suggested, and some of them have been adopted and usedsuch, for instance, as a wire or sheet-metal tip or finger to be attached to the free end of the band and serve as a means of drawing the same through the opening in the body of the scarf; but these metal tips or fingers, besides being expensive, are objectionable on account of their liability to become rusted and thus stain the shirtfront; hence the covered stiffeningpiece is preferred, especially in the more eX- pensive classes of scarfs.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, 1s-

A scarf, tie, or other article of neck-wear having a neckband with a stiffener at the free end, and having said stiffener covered or inclosed by bringing the backing or lining material to the face, so as to permit the discontinuance of the facing-fabric some distance from the end of the band, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS ESCHNER.

W'itnesses:

EDWARD M. RTLEY, HARRY SMITH. 

